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Re: How do you pronounce "Platinum"?

I would say I pronounce 'platinum' with three syllables, however the second syllable is so short it might be indistinguishable in connected speech. I say 'platinum' as [ˈplɑ:ʔənm] (that is a syllabic 'm', but I can't find the diacritic).

Dictionaries will likely show it as two syllables. Dictionary.com says /ˈplætnəm/. Interestingly my own Oxford dictionary has /ˈplætməm/. I'm not sure if this is a typo

Re: How do you pronounce "Platinum"?

I pronounce it 3 syllables, though I'm not a native speaker. However my beef with the word platinum would be with the way of pronouncing the letter t, as sometimes i have diffculties with the sound t in the middle of words, as sometimes I'm not sure if it should be a mute t, a glottal stop or a pronounced t.